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Financial market transactions include interbank overnight borrowings, bank large value certificates of deposit, government debt securities, enterprise equity and (short and long-term) debt securities, as well as a whole host of futures, options, and other derivative instruments related to money market securities, foreign exchange, and commodities. All transactions in financial markets have to be cleared and settled, just like transactions that occur among enterprises or between enterprises and consumers. (worldbank.org)

Government debt (also known as public interest, national debt and sovereign debt) is the debt owed by a central government. (Wikipedia)

As the national debt escalates, courtesy of £100bn-plus annual deficits, and as interest rates inevitably rise, we’ll soon be spending more on government debt service than on state education. (The Telegraph)

Government debt is known as national debt or as federal or public debt. It's money borrowed by the government to pay for its expenses. (Investopedia)